Troy Baker Reads Joker's Monologue At New York Comic Con

Last year, Mark Hamill announced that he retiring from the role of Joker in the Batman Arkham games, but fans who were worried about Troy Baker's portrayal of the character should rest easy. Baker's Joker is dead nuts on.

During a Batman: Arkham Origins panel at this year's New York Comic Con, voice actor Troy Baker recited a Joker's monologue from Alan Moore's graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke. Check out the excerpt from the panel below.

I actually don't get depressed when I think about Hamill retiring anymore. Plus, I think that Troy sounds like an older Joker. That will help a lot when (if) he appears in Arkham 3. He'll come back... He has to...

This reminds me of when Arkham City was coming out and Arleen Sorkin announced that she retired from the role of Harley Quinn. She was the only voice actress to have given the character a voice so fans were nervous about the character returning in Arkham City with a new voice. However, Tara Strong took the role and did a fantastic job with the character and that's not an easy character to voice. Now that Hamill is done with the Joker and Baker is taking over, I feel this sense of Deja Vu. Talented actors taking over iconic roles, crazy stuff.

There's a glitch in the Matrix somewhere.
Anyway he does a good imitation but I feel like this narrows the chances of Mark Hamill ever returning for a true Rocksteady sequel. They can explain his return a thousand different ways, lazarus pits being the obvious one.
Mark Hamill I always thought frequently left Joker but then always came back better than ever like Hideo Kojima supposedly stepping back from Metal Gear. Mark Hamill always had a chance of returning, but now he might see Troy and think some guy 30 years younger has stolen his trademark mannerisms and he would have less of a reason to return.

A little off topic but before Adam West dies, I would LOVE for him to voice a 1960s Batman TV Show themed game. I can picture Nolan North doing the cheesy mustache Joker voice. And have Troy Baker making those awkward Penguin squeals.

A DLC campaign like Blood Dragon would do. Keep the Arkham gameplay fundamentals but add some sound effect bubbles.